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___COPYRIGHT, 1890,- 

BY Q. D. ACKERLY, Q. P. A., J. T. & K. W. R’Y System, 
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 


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igsMtbyl §ur\shir\e,lulled by breezs.Iies 
^rmne owr\,rny r\ative lar\d, 
ifi time waves frornGulf ar\d Ocear] break- 

; x| ing°n fining sand; 

Countless lakes and winding rivers,alrr\o§f 
' lost in depths of greer\; 
fairest flowers er\twir\e to crowr\ f\er, 


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LikeXwide blue ribboi) floating at t\er 
iidellove to lie, 

( i(e-wir\cjed Seror\§> are ll^e or\ly clouds 
^at sail across rr\y sky; 
bucjt) I’m r\ ea k so r\ear old §cear\,l 
fear\ b\ear b\is great byearf beat, 

J a golden bar divides us till far , 
||clowr\ tb\e coast we rr^eeL 
























if^ere \bp stately ligl\t-l\ouse flast\ir$ 
ser\ds its glearr|ir|g Iicjiy afar, 

. tt\e storirytossed vessels welcorr^e 
Jupiter;’tf\e sailors’ star; 
nr\y bar\ks ft\e slender Br\e-frees 
rpurrr]’rir\g ever, wlysp’ripgjow^r^ 
re will guard tt\ee,Ir\dii 
thy clear blue waters 





























Morl^erq boatmen, leave your rivers ttjt 
the frost ling bridges o’er, 

Here he rules not, 1 am readj, waiting for 
jour guiding oar, / 

• ss2??M^ fn d ljf e within my waters a liner¬ 
ing with rainbow hues 
far exceeds your wildest fanb^-all 
l I offer--jours to choo 
















































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Warmer grows my heart,and warmer, cjtad 
my days ar\d full of mirth, V 

Till, at last, my journey ended--in the 
arms of fair feke Worth cj 

lo I lie, her Chores caressing through the n 
sun-Kissed happy hours;— 7 7 

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